Atlanta Comedy Film Festival Summer 2017 Award Winners

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The Atlanta Comedy Film Festival Summer 2017 Award Winners:

1) The "Best Actor" Award:
Seth Coltan in "obSETHed: Memorial Day" (Van Nuys, California)

2) The "Best Actress" Award:
McKenzie Almire in "ART SALE" (Atlanta, Georgia)

3) The "Best Cinematography" Award:
Byron Kopman, Cinematographer for "Grocery Store Action Movie" (Canada)

4) The "Best Dark Comedy Film" Award:
"Crass" Directed by Micah Troublefield (US)

5) The "Best Director" Award:
Jeff Gentner for "ART SALE" (Atlanta, Georgia)

6) The "Best Ensemble" Award:
"ART SALE" Directed by Jeff Gentner (Savannah, Georgia)

7) The "Best Feature Length Screenplay" Award:
"Love in Kilnerry" Written by Daniel Keith (New York City)

8) The "Best Film Editing" Award:
Stanley Sievers for "Fratino" (Illinois, Chicago)

9) The "Best International Comedy Film" Award:
"As I love you" (Spain)

10) The "Best Micro Short Film" Award:
"Mission Accomplished" Directed by Claus Martin (Germany)

11) The "Best Original Music" Award:
Mike Southworth in "Grocery Store Action Movie" (Canada)

12) The "Best Short Film" Award:
"As I love you" Directed by Fernando García-Ruiz Rubio (Spain)

13) The "Best Supporting Actor" Award:
Gregory Jones in "Mommy Heist" (New York City)

14) The "Best Supporting Actress" Award:
Elizabeth Fleming in "Mommy Heist"(New York)

15) The "Best Television Episode Screenplay" Award: 
"Happily Retired - Modern Family Spec Script" Written by Mario Garza (New York City)

16) The "Most Original Concept" Award:
"The Somniloquist" Directed by Adam Rosenberg (US)

17) The "Single Funniest Moment" Award:
"ART SALE" (Atlanta, Georgia)

18) The Best Mockumentary Film
"Brown Terror" Directed by Tim Bathurst (Los Angeles, California)

Atlanta Comedy Film Festival Summer 2017 Award Nominations

1) The "Best Actor" Award Nominees:
Seth Coltan in "obSETHed: Memorial Day" (Van Nuys, California)
Diego Sanchez in "FRATINO" (Illinois, Chicago)
Dayne Swerdling in "Crass"(US)

2) The "Best Actress" Award Nominees:
McKenzie Almire in "ART SALE" (Atlanta, Georgia)
Silvia Alonso in "As I love you" (Spain)
Nora Orton in "Crass" (US)

3) The "Best Cinematography" Award Nominees:
Ángel Amorós, Cinematographer for "As I love you" (Spain)
Jan Merlin Friedrich, Cinematographer for "Mission Accomplished"(Germany)
Byron Kopman, Cinematographer for "Grocery Store Action Movie" (Canada)

4) The "Best Dark Comedy Film" Award Nominees:
"Oy Vey!" Directed by Joe O. Davies (United Kingdom)

"Knife Fight" Directed by Miguel J. Soliman (Oakland, California)
"Crass" Directed by Micah Troublefield (US)

5) The "Best Director" Award Nominees:
Jeff Gentner for "ART SALE" (Atlanta, Georgia)
Fernando García-Ruiz Rubio for "As I love you" (Spain)
Anna Gutto for "Mommy Heist" (New York)

6) The "Best Ensemble" Award Nominees:
"Mommy Heist" Directed by Anna Gutto (New York City)

"ART SALE" Directed by Jeff Gentner (Savannah, Georgia)
"Oy Vey!" Directed by Joe O. Davies (United Kingdom)

7) The "Best Feature Length Screenplay" Award Nominees:
"Love in Kilnerry" Written by Daniel Keith (New York City)
"THE BIG IDEA" Written by David J Schroeder (Miami, Florida)
"Company Ink" Written by Richard Pierce (Las Vegas, Nevada)

8) The "Best Film Editing" Award Nominees:
Adam Rosenberg for "The Somniloquist" (US)
Ashley Lynch for "Grocery Store Action Movie" (Canada)
Stanley Sievers for "Fratino" (Illinois, Chicago)

9) The "Best International Comedy Film" Award Nominees:
"As I love you" (Spain)
"Mission Accomplished" (Germany)
"Grocery Store Action Movie" (Canada)

10) The "Best Micro Short Film" Award Nominees:
"Knife Fight" Directed by Miguel J. Soliman (Oakland, California)
"The Somniloquist" Directed by Adam Rosenberg (US)
"Mission Accomplished" Directed by Claus Martin (Germany)

11) The "Best Original Music" Award Nominees:
Mike Southworth in "Grocery Store Action Movie" (Canada)
Andreas Berndt and Claus Martin for "Mission Accomplished" (Germany)
Joe O. Davies for "Oy Vey!" (United Kingdom)

12) The "Best Short Film" Award Nominees:
"As I love you" Directed by Fernando García-Ruiz Rubio (Spain)
"Mission Accomplished" Directed by Claus Martin (Germany)
"Fratino" Directed by Stanley Sievers (Illinois, Chicago)

13) The "Best Supporting Actor" Award Nominees:

Gregory Jones in "Mommy Heist" (New York City)

Jordi Aguilar in "As I love you" (Spain)

Peter Carlone in "Grocery Store Action Movie" (Canada)

14) The "Best Supporting Actress" Award Nominees:

in "Doucheholics" (San Francisco, California)

Caitlin Howden in "Grocery Store Action Movie" (Canada)

Elizabeth Fleming in "Mommy Heist"(New York)

15) The "Best Television Episode Screenplay" Award Nominees: 

"Podcast" Written by Brady Guy & Eric Lewis-Baker (Chicago, Illinois)

"Happily Retired - Modern Family Spec Script" Written by Mario Garza (New York City)

"CURB YOUR ENTHUSIASM: ACCIDENT” Written by David Schroeder (Miami, Florida)

16) The "Most Original Concept" Award Nominees:

"Brown Terror" Directed by Tim Bathurst (Los Angeles, California)

"The Somniloquist" Directed by Adam Rosenberg (US)

"Grocery Store Action Movie" by Chris Wilson and Peter Carlone (Canada)

17) The "Single Funniest Moment" Award Nominees:

"obSETHed: Memorial Day" (Van Nuys, California)

"ART SALE" (Atlanta, Georgia)

"Crass"(US)

Official Comedy Film Selections of the Atlanta Comedy Film Festival Summer 2017

"Fratino" Directed by Stanley Sievers

"Mommy Heist" Directed Anna Gutto

"ART SALE" Directed by Jeff Genter

"The Somniloquist" Directed by Adam Rosenberg

"Grocery Store Action Movie" Directed by Matthew Campbell

"mission accomplished" Directed by Claus Martin

"obSETHed: Memorial Day" Directed by Zack Matzganis

"As I love you" Directed by Fernando García-Ruiz Rubio

"Knife Fight" Directed by Miguel J. Soliman

"Mommy Heist" Directed by Anna Gutto

"Brown Terror" Directed by Tim Bathurst

"Oy vey!" Directed by Joe O. Davies

 Official Comedy Television Episode Screenplay Selections of the Atlanta Comedy Film Festival Summer 2017

"CURB YOUR ENTHUSIASM: ACCIDENT" Written by David J Schroeder

"From Schmear To Eternity" Written by Jim Norman

"Pickled Red Herring" Written by Jim Norman

"Island X" Written by Benjamin Cohen & Jack Gallagher (story)

"Deli Takeout" Written by Jim Norman

"Happily Retired - Modern Family Spec Script" Written by Mario Garza

"Podcast" Written by Brady Guy & Eric Lewis-Baker

"The Realm" Written by Brady Guy, Chris Higgins and Eric Lewis-Baker

fficial Comedy Feature Film Screenplay Selections of the Atlanta Comedy Film Festival Summer 2017

"Malingerers" Written by Chastity Lively

"VietCom" Written by Steve Hanisch

"Stacey" Written by Steve Hanisch

"ADMISSION IMPOSSIBLE" Written by Diane Uniman & Marla Cukor Camins

"Pyramid Scheme" Written by Diane Uniman & Kevin M Cotter

"It's a Job" Written by Emmett Raitt

"Red Ink On Steel" Written by John Thibault

"Eli's Fabulous Dream" Written by Ken Ross

"THE BIG IDEA" Written by David J Schroeder

"The Dumbest Generation" Written by Leslie Lyshkov

"The Charlottetown Jackhammer Imbroglio" Written by Marc Lalonde

"Loonatoona" Written by Shockadelic

"Operation Chaos" Written by Steve Bensinger

"The Naughty List" Written by Randall C Willis

"The Obsolete Child" Written by Stefano Bozzo

"Don Appetit!" Written by Jay Stamatis, Steve Stamatis and Edmond Coisson

"MATRIM$NY" Written by Wynn Reichert

"Pageant Dad" Written by Conor Healy

"Kpop" Written by Brendan Vogel & Matthew Clingempeel

"FEAR, There & Everywhere" Written by Anthony Vollmer & Craig Horwitz

"Through a Glass Ceiling, Darkly" Written by Richard Geiwitz

"Campus 911: Serving Since Yesterday" Written by Richard C Geiwitz

"Jacob's Jewels" Written by Richard Geiwitz

"Bad Hair Day" Written by Richard Geiwitz

"How to Score at Your High School Reunion" Written by Richard Pierce, James A. Heim and 

Martin Aleman

"Company Ink" Written by Richard Pierce

"The Drop" Written by Jarrod Austin

"Franz Kafka: Golf Pro." Written by Brian Weakland

"The Brothers Pornovsky" Written by David Bertoni & Richard Halpern

"The Other Son" Written by Chelsea Carpenito

"Love in Kilnerry" Written by Daniel Keith